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Genesee County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan

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Real Farm Real Estate Values Slide<br />

In <strong>Genesee</strong> <strong>County</strong>.<br />

Change in Farm Real Estate Value (%)<br />

10<br />

5<br />

0<br />

-5<br />

-10<br />

-15<br />

Change in Per-Acre Farm Real Estate Values for<br />

<strong>Genesee</strong>, Orleans, <strong>and</strong> Wyoming Counties: 1987 to<br />

<strong>Genesee</strong> Orleans Wyoming<br />

Population growth in Orleans<br />

<strong>and</strong> Wyoming counties have<br />

caused farm real estate values to<br />

increase in the last ten years. Both<br />

counties have experienced over 5<br />

percent real growth in farm real<br />

estate value over the last 10 years.<br />

In <strong>Genesee</strong> <strong>County</strong>, however, farm<br />

real estate values have slipped by<br />

10 percent in real terms.<br />

Source: U.,S. Census of Agriculture.<br />

Data deflated by the Prices Paid by Farmers Index.<br />

Per-acre farm real estate values include l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

buildings.<br />

<strong>Agricultural</strong> Trends Profile for <strong>Genesee</strong> <strong>County</strong>, New York 15

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